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www.ecpublishing.co.uk We are the market leaders in PSHE + RSE resources, with over 14 million downloads of our lessons worldwide and over 5500 five star reviews. Established in 2015, our team of consultants and teachers has written for The Bank of England, The Children's Commissioner, The CCRC, The British Legion and many other UK charities and institutions. We love what we do and we aim to be highest quality and best value for money out there. Find us at www.ecpublishing.co.uk.
Catholics + Protestants
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Catholics + Protestants

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4 hours of lessons which focus on Catholics and Protestants, the differences in beliefs and practices and the history behind the divisions within Christianity. Each lesson includes a detailed and well differentiated PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, clip tasks and questions sheets, engaging consolidation activities, as well as literacy and debate tasks. Everything is editable, easy to follow and can be picked up and used without any extra work by you. Many more RE, PSHE, RSE and Citizenship Resources available at my store: EC Resources
British Values Drop Down Day
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British Values Drop Down Day

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Drop Down Day Pack - A set of 5 lessons to cover a Drop Down Day (5-6 hours total) introducing British Values to KS3 and KS4 The Drop Down Day was put together for Year 8 originally, but all the resources are editable and well-differentiated so it could be used with any year group KS4 / KS3 with a tweak or so. The Drop Down Day covers an introduction to British Democracy, how laws are made, British Identity, British Liberties, a history of British Democracy and Tolerance in modern Britain. All these individual lessons have been rated very highly by Tes users and are tried and tested in my own department. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources HERE
Voting Systems FPTP + PR
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Voting Systems FPTP + PR

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A very detailed comparision of different systems of voting (FPTP and PR) and electoral systems, broken down in a simple way for students - 1 x hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, well differentiated and easily adapted. An exploration of First Past The Post, Proportional Representation and the advantages / disadvantages of each. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship GCSE and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
International Women's Day
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International Women's Day

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Pack includes: 1) International Women’s Day lesson fully-resources pack - suitable for KS2 or possibly younger students in KS3 (Year 7). 2) Easy to use 4 page reading comprehension pack with three sections of differentiated questions, created for upcoming International Women’s Day. It can be used in form time as part of a whole-school literacy focus, in English lessons for KS3 or as a language analysis / comprehension activity for GCSE English Language Non Fiction.** In this lesson the students will investigate the history of International Women’s Day and the reasons why we continue to celebrate it today. We will discuss inspirational women throughout history including but not limited to Ada Lovelace, Malala Yousafzai, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Rosa Parks. The children will reflect on the importance of living in a society that is fair for all, and debate the reasons why we must continue to fight for equality, even though British laws already protect women from discrimination. The lesson has been created in an ‘adaptive teaching style’ and highlights the use of both cognitive and metacognitive strategies. The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint presentation, a video clip with questions, a discussion-based main activity, and a debate plenary task. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing. Both PDF and editable word file included. Loads more free or inexpensive Tutor Time, PSHE, RSE, Citizenship and Humanities resources at my store.
Religion, Peace and Conflict Unit
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Religion, Peace and Conflict Unit

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One half term’s worth of lessons exploring the fascinating subject of religion and conflict. The unit focuses heavily on Christianity and Islam, but also explores how conflict has both affected and been inflicted by the other largest world religions too. Each lesson contains a detailed PowerPoint and worksheets, well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, a variety of activities, information packs, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities. The pack is fully editable, engaging and very easy to follow. Lessons included: Christianity, peace and conflict Islam, peace and conflict The Crusades Religious Conflict and Leaders Assessment Scheme of work Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack We also run the EC Publishing site where you can find everything you need for PSHE, RE and Citizenship at discounted rates. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Edexcel Citizenship Theme A
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Edexcel Citizenship Theme A

10 Resources
Complete Unit to cover Theme A - A bundle of 9 very detailed lessons, most lasting two hours hours, all created for Citizenship GCSE Edexcel Theme A Living Together in the UK. Includes: Introduction lesson Changing population of the UK and its impact (2 lessons) Respect, understanding and community cohesion Identity Rights, duties and values that underpin democracy Development of Human Rights (2 lessons) Citizens, local government and public services Content quiz Each lesson includes a detailed, 1 or 2 hour PowerPoint, information / source sheets, differentiated activity worksheets, differentiated challenge activities, clips tasks and exam practice questions / mark schemes. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. They have been created using the Edexcel Pearson 9-1 spec and based on the Edexcel assessment materials and mark schemes. Teaching Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with almost 4000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE 2020, RSE, Citizenship GCSE, Careers, Tutor Time and RE resources at my shop: MORE EC RESOURCES LESSONS
The Torah
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The Torah

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1 hour lesson all about the Torah and its contents, with differentiated worksheets, clips and activities. Plenty of quotes to analyse if used for GCSE prep. Please note - this resource, along with all the EC Publishing RE resources encourages critical thinking and tolerance towards all religions. We always leave resources editable - so if you ever want to change anything in the lesson, then you can. Suitable for KS3/4 easily adapted for either Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my store.
Politics and Participation Citizenship GCSE AQA
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Politics and Participation Citizenship GCSE AQA

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MORE ADDED! Citizenship GCSE 9-1 Unit for Politics and Participation (Theme 3). Made for AQA, but all editable and covers the vast majority of Edexcel and OCR content too. Includes 10 x full 1 hour lessons and a revision guide. Also includes practice exam questions which can be done in the lesson or at home for revision. Included 10 lessons (11 hours total) for: 3.4.1 Where does political power reside in the UK and how is it controlled? 3.4.2 What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate? 3.4.3 Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government? 3.4.4 How do others govern themselves? 3.4.5 How can citizens try to bring about political change? and a Complete Unit Revision Guide Also included - an interactive exam practice question generator. All lessons are fully differentiated for 9-1 gradings, easy to follow, detailed and created by an experienced Head of Citizenship. Many more free and inexpensive resources for Citizenship, PSHE and Humanities here :)
Jehovah's Witnesses
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Jehovah's Witnesses

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which introduces the Jehovah’s Witnesses as an alternative religious movement. The lesson covers their establishment, belief system, rules and hierarchy. It also examines criticisms and details the positives as explained by believers. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Assembly Mega Bundle
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Assembly Mega Bundle

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17 x essential SMSC assemblies for any secondary school. These assemblies have gained excellent reviews so far and are all editable and adaptable. They are best suited to KS3 / KS4. Each one is 15-20 minutes long and is very easy to follow, with clips, stories and funny parts but also important and memorable advice for students. Included: Resilience Assembly Achievement and Aspiration Assembly Attendance Assembly Anti-bullying Assembly Mental Health Assembly Behaviour Assembly Inequality Assembly Fake News Assembly Brexit Assembly Kindness Assembly Careers Assembly Autism Awareness Assembly Black History Assembly Fresh Starts Assembly Mental Health / Exam stress assembly End of Term Assembly Safer Internet Day Loads more resources for Whole School, PSHE, RSE, Citizenship, SMSC and RE here: Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
General Election 2024 UK Government
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General Election 2024 UK Government

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NOW 10 HOURS OF CONTENT (two lessons last two hours) - British Values + Citizenship resources: 8 x hours of fully resourced lessons all complete with detailed PowerPoints, starters, plenaries, fun activities, worksheets, clips, well differentiated to three levels. These highly-rated lessons all focus on democracy, politics and participation and are also editable. Included: Voting, democracy and general elections (2 hours) The 2024 UK General Election The Conservative Party + Rishi Sunak The Labour Party + Keir Starmer How the UK democratic system works UK constitutional monarchy and government The UK economy and how it affects us Parliament and law making Suitable for KS3/4 but could be adapted. I use all of these myself as a Head of Citizenship and I really hope you find them excellent value. Many more inexpensive and free PSHE, RSE and GCSE CItizenship resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Christianity
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Christianity

20 Resources
More added! 21 x highly rated and fully resourced Religious Education lessons (in 20 downloads as one is a double) covering all aspects of Christianity designed for any teacher to deliver outstanding RE . All are well differentiated, last one or two hours and are editable too. There is enough here to cover at least one full term of RE, maybe three half terms. Made by a Head of RE - but suitable for on-specialists as all the information you need is provided. Includes: 21 x hours of PowerPoints, 60+ worksheets, all fully differentiated to three or four levels of challenge for every activity throughout, complete with clips and question sheets and assessment with mark scheme. Most suited to KS3 / KS4 (but everything is editable). There's easily a years worth of planning gone into this - I use all these lesssons myself as Head of RE. Lessons included are - 1. An introduction to Christianity (the history of the Christian origins and what makes people Christian) 2. Why did Christianity split and what are denominations? 3. What is the doctrine of the Trinity? 4. What does the Bible actually say? 5. What are the Ten Commandments? 6. What is the Easter story and how did Jesus die? 7. What was the Reformation and what are the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Churches? 8. Who was Jesus based on historical evidence and what the Bible tells us? 9. What do Christians believe about the afterlife? 10. What do Christians believe about death and dying? 11. Who were Abraham and Isaac? How did monotheism lead to Christianity? 12. Christianity, peace and conflict 13. What is the nativity? 14. What is Advent? 15. What is Orthodox Christianity? 16. Why is Lent and the lead up to Easter important? 17. Who are the Amish and why are these Christians so traditional and conservative compared to other Christian groups? 18. Who are Mormons and how are they different from more mainstream Christianity? 19. What is stewardship and why is this important to Christians? 20. What is Catholicism, how is it different to other Christian denominations? What does being a practising Catholic actually mean? 21. What is Protestantism and what do the different denominations believe? If you like this and it's saved you time, check out my 1 WHOLE YEAR's WORTH OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1 xyy12
BRITISH VALUES
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BRITISH VALUES

20 Resources
Updated! 24 hours of content (in 20 downloads) - 24 x fully resourced hour long lessons, an assembly, a quiz and 5 displays. All differentiated throughly to three levels, with 45 worksheets to go along with PowerPoints. Created to help any school meet all British Values requirements with ease. All lessons are fully resourced, highly-rated British Values and Citizenship lessons for KS3 / KS4. All are complete with accompanying worksheets, clips and activities that are well differentiated to three levels. It’s worth checking your downloads on this if you buy it because I keep adding to it and then you get the new downloads all free. **Just added - a version of the Identity lesson suitable for low ability / SEN or KS2. This was used with a Year 7 Nurture group. ** I use all of these myself as a Head of Citizenship and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. There is enough material here to create numerous off time-table days for different year groups to cover all the British Values / SMSC / Citizenship KS4 and KS3 requirements. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Monarchy + Government
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Monarchy + Government

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1x hour PP, worksheets, clips, well differentiated and easily adapted. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Unicef + United Nations
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Unicef + United Nations

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Citizenship resource pack - includes a 1 hour lesson with PowerPoint, clips, worksheets, case studies, differentiated fully -KS3/4. Everything is editable, engaging and easy to follow. This can be used either for KS3 or as an introduction to Unicef and their work for Citizenship GCSE. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Sikhism
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Sikhism

8 Resources
6 x 1 hour, fully resourced RE lessons and scheme of work all about Sikhism (including an assessment with markscheme and feedback sheet). The lessons are most suitable for KS3 (but have been left editable) and are filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. The pack includes 6 hours of PowerPoints, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips, literacy focus tasks and a quiz. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed, easy to follow and editable. You can find many more inexpensive and free RE, Citizenship and PSHE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Political Campaigning
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Political Campaigning

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Campaigning for political change - a lesson all about how people power can bring about real changes in policy and politics. This can be used as an introduction to your campaigning lessons or as part of a politics unit. UPDATED for 1-9 GCSE Citizenship GCSE resources: 1hr PP, clip, worksheets, differentiated. Complete 1 hour lesson with worksheets, editable. Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core and designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Mormonism
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Mormonism

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The story of the creation of the Later Day Saints. Differentiated storyboard task. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: Emjcot's Shop Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Mormonism : The Mormons
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Mormonism : The Mormons

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to Mormonism , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as an alternative religious movement. It compares the validity of Mormon beliefs to non-Mormon Christian ones and investigates the story of Joseph Smith, the founder. It examines Mormonism today and criticisms as well as the Church in the words of believers. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or History, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Different Forms of Government : Communism, Capitalism and Socialism
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Different Forms of Government : Communism, Capitalism and Socialism

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1x hour PP, worksheets, clips, well differentiated and easily adapted. Suitable as an introduction to Communism, Capitalism and a shorter introduction to Socialism. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)